Autoimmunity News

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Lupus Damage at 10 Years Predicts Mortality
More than half of all lupus patients accrue damage within 10 years of their diagnosis, and these patients are at greater risk for death as a result...

Thursday, April 09, 2009 Rituximab May Help Some Severe Lupus Nephritis Cases
Rituximab treatment that achieves early B-cell depletion in cases of severe lupus nephritis can induced complete or partial remission in 60% of patients...

Monday, April 06, 2009 Gene May Explain Women's Heightened Lupus Risk
A gene on the X chromosome may be linked to lupus, explaining why women are much more likely to develop the disease than men...

Thursday, March 26, 2009 Firefly Protein Lights Up Lupus Imaging
Bioluminescent imaging of NF-kB pinpoints inflamed sites long before symptoms appear in a mouse model of lupus and is likely to speed development of treatments for early disease...

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Licorice Reduces Cyclosporine, Raises Methotrexate Levels
Licorice, often used in candies and food flavorings, significantly reduces absorption of cyclosporine, leading to lower than expected blood levels, but prolongs methotrexate clearance...

Friday, February 13, 2009 La Jolla and Biomarin Dump Riquent, Cite “Futile” Phase 3 Lupus Data
La Jolla Pharmaceutical has ended work on Riquent^® (abetimus sodium)after the first interim efficacy analysis for the ASPEN Phase 3 lupus nephritis trial...

Friday, January 30, 2009 Psoriasis Gene Studies Fill In More Pieces of the Puzzle
New genetics data suggest novel approaches to psoriasis treatment...

Monday, January 26, 2009 4 Factors in Lupus Noncompliance
Lupus patients cite specific reasons for taking (or not taking) their meds. Changes in physician-patient communications might fix some of these problems...

Thursday, January 22, 2009 Rheumatoid Arthritis Hits Women Harder
Women are more likely than men to suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, and experience the disease more severely...

Friday, December 05, 2008 SSc Risk 60-Fold Higher in Raynaud's with SSc Antibodies, NCM Changes
Microvascular damage and systemic sclerosis (SSc)-specific antibodies can predict which Raynaud's phenomenon patients will progress to systemic sclerosis, and when...